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My Wife was collecting, we kept liter bottles of cola simply for rust removal, but the radiant electric cooktop killed the use of these. -Chris On 12/23/09, Bob Hazen wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Bob, I love cast iron - I guess mine could qualify as ancient... until I the one I used for years actually broke in half! Never saw that happen, before or since, lol. Now that I finally have a gas stove in this apt., I don't use it all that much - but mostly because I'm not cooking as much as usual. Even my holiday baking is less than other years (trying to make it all less stressful - and I end up in too much pain). Still, there is nothing like good ol' cast iron - and I'm jealous about your waffle iron. ;-) Make sure you tell us how it turns out! (btw, pizza cooked in a cast iron pan is as good or better than a stone!) Lynne On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Bob Hazen wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Wow, Lynne, you must be muscle woman if you can break a cast iron pan in half! I'd never want to be on YOUR bad side. ;) Sheila Lynne wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
"Anybody else on the list in love with ancient cast-iron?" Bob I have used, and still have a few cast iron pieces of cookware that are used regularly. The one piece I will not part with is a plain skillet measuring 9" across the bottom. This skillet came from one of my grandparents (which one I have no idea). It's sole purpose in life for the last thirty five or forty years has been to bake cornbread in the oven which I do on a nearly weekly basis. I started out seasoning the pan with bacon grease/lard, then as the years rolled around I switched to a liquid shortening, and now I give it a light shot of Pam cooking spray, put it in a cold oven set to 400 degrees, then I light the oven. By the time the oven (and pan) is up to temp, I have the batter ready to pour into the pan and bake. There is no cornbread quite like that which is baked in a properly seasoned cast iron skillet. It comes out easily with a nice crisp bottom and is perfectly moist in the center. The pan requires nothing more than a quick wipe with a paper towel. Ken. Going back for a third cuppa Chiapas brewed in a FP. Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I love cast iron cookware. I have several pieces that get daily use. All of my pieces are older than I am and are inherited from my great grandparents and grandparents. I do have one dutch oven that was my great great grandmothers and there is nothing like a pot of peas and butter beans cooked in that pot. My great great grandmother died at 98 and was totally blind when I was born so I know the dutch oven is way older than I am. My mother remembers her using it when she was a small child and my mother is in her mid 60s. That dutch oven is on the list of top ten things to grab in case of fire, or emergency right behind my 3 cats, it even beats out my vintage Nikon camera. Darliene On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Ken Schillinger wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I actually split a cast iron skillet in half once too, in college ---heated it up too hot and then poured something cold into it ----BAM! Almost gave myself a heart attack. Ah, differential expansion and contraction ---not a good idea, in retropect. Oops. I find that beef tallow seasons cast iron wonderfully. I love the idea of heirloom pans. So different from the modern, disposable mentality. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Lynne wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I can't remember what caused it - I bet it was cold water when it was hot, though. That pan got a lot of use - and I gave myself good training in the art of cooking failures w/that pan. Hate this disposable mentality today. Speaking of cooking.. I have to get back to the biscotti in my oven before they burn! Lynne On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Starfinder Stanley wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I have one 9'" cast iron skillet. My ex and I bought it in 1961. She left, the skillet stayed with me! It sits on the gas stove and gets used often. Dave On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Bob Hazen wrote: <Snip> e more I use newer stuff, the more I like my old cast-iron. Egads, I've = spent a bundle on cookware over the years, and most of it sits unused - oth= er than my cast-iron. There's something gratifying about rescuing an old= piece destined the scrap heap and putting it to work. The simplicity of= a gas stove and cast-iron just works for me. Right now, I'm looking for= ward to the arrival of a century-old waffle iron I scored on ePay. I'm a= nticipating my electric waffle-iron will be relegated to "shelf weight" sta= tus. <Snip> on or <Snip> ariascoffee.com <Snip> ee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmar=iascoffee.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
"I have to get back to the biscotti in my oven before they burn!" Not to worry- where is your oven? I'll keep an eye on it for you! We used to have an electric waffle griddle when I was the de facto wall grinder operator. The griddle platens were cast iron. We saved lard for the war, but Mom kept a little glass custard cup of it in the fridge. Some was melted and brushed on the cast iron utensils after each use, including the waffle iron. I guess steel wool was the spatula of the day. Now, I have to take a second look at a Belgian waffle griddle I saw recently... Cheers, Mabuhay, Iechyd da, und angenehme Feiertag Wünschen -RayO, aka O= pa! Don't persist in old ways; behold new results - Evade Insanity... Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmar=iascoffee.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
The dutch oven will be used to cook peas and butter beans as part of our Christmas celebration. Nothing like using something that old to cook something that you grew this past summer, makes them taste all the better. I use bacon grease to season my pans. Darliene On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM, wrote: <Snip> he <Snip> ariascoffee.com <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmar=iascoffee.com Homeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee=.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7820 |
On Dec 25, 2009, at 11:03 PM, Alchemist John wrote: <Snip> Cast iron pipe? Since much of cast iron pipe is used for wastewater, I doubt I'd consider it to be food grade.... On the other hand, you COULD cast your own....an ex roommate of mine used to do his own bronze castings, as well as aluminum, etc (he's an amateur blacksmith and knifemaker). Could be a fun project :) - allon Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Since I roast manually, stove top, I had to try roasting in a cast iron pan. I know some people use cast iron, but for me, it was very unreliable. It retained too much heat to be able to adjust the level of heat as I went along (I remember that I wrote a post about it, and Sweet Maria's even wrote verifying that cast iron isn't the best of mediums to use. Right now, I'm finding that aluminum is the best (I don't have worries about using aluminum - I *would* if I had something that was going to sit & absorb the aluminum - like my mom used to do with her aluminum pan she used for spaghetti sauce - aka, 'gravy' to my Sicilian side...) My main problem right now is the need for a much larger/wider wooden spatula to stir the beans. I bought larger aluminum pan to roast more at each time, but the resulting roasts are not as even as w/my little pan. Think it's because the spatula can't turn the greens as thoroughly because of the size... Anyway, I'm rambling here (as usual). Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents about cast iron for roasting coffee... Lynne On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Allon Stern wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
John, Once I had a drum like you want. It was a remnant of one of those machine shops where all the machines were run by a shaft that ran the length of the building, and then by huge flat belts to drive each piece. It was a drum shaped pulley about 12'' long and 8" in diameter if I remember, solid on the ends but hollow. Seems like I made a brush shredder out of it at the time. Who knew? But that's a story for another venue. PeterZ, here in LHC, where the temp outside is now 62F... Brrrrrrr... Alchemist John wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Peter, you signed your email- "From LHC" do you mean the Large Hadron Collider? If so, which experiment are you on? I have done some work with the Alice experiment(specifically the Offline team), but have not been to CERN in over a year, how are things there? Ryan M. Ward *Note: This email was sent from a computer running Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron)http://www.ubuntu.com<Snip> Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free.http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
LHC= Lake Havasu City judging by the outside temp. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Ryan M. Ward wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Hi Ryan, Gosh no, I am no where near smart enough to work on that collider. I am just a retired network/computer techie living here in Lake Havasu City, AZ with a somewhat average IQ. My fun these days is roasting coffee, selling books, and trying to clean enough space in my garage so I can work on building coffee roasters. I started off with electric popcorn poppers, 'graduated' to popperies, and have slowly been increasing the size of my roasters to be able to roast a Kg or more. My 'garage full' problem comes from collecting bits and pieces for my next roaster as I have not decided to stick with plain old electricity, add a gas burner to that method, or just switch to propane. Somehow I think I need LOTS of parts to choose from. Meanwhile I am happily roasting 600 - 650 grams at a time, which lasts me just over a week. It is great to taste how the coffee changes day to day over that time. Always just wonderful. Oh yes, I forgot to say that I have collected lots of different ways to brew coffee, including several espresso machines, cheap ones, that work sort of ok, vac pots, french presses etc, that all help fill the nooks and crannies out there. Happy new year to all. PeterZ Ryan M. Ward wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://host.sweetmariascoffee.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast_lists.sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |